Labelle Lectureship

Roberta Labelle, right, was one of the Centre's founding members. Her death in 1991 was unexpected and occurred when broad recognition for her research in health economics was just starting to emerge. In memory of Roberta, CHEPA and the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impacts collaborated on establishing the Annual Labelle Lectureship Series. In autumn of each year a health services researcher with emerging recognition and an inter-disciplinary approach to research, gives a general interest lecture on a topic in the broadly defined areas of health economics and/or health policy. The Labelle Lecturer is also available for consultations with individuals in and outside McMaster University during the period of his/her visit. An endowment was established to assure the ongoing funding of the Lectureship.

The 2018 lecture, "Primary care, secondary data: Learning from policy change in British Columbia", will be presented on Wednesday Oct. 3 by Dr. Ruth Lavergne, an Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Health Sciences, who will describe the consequences of efforts in British Columbia to change primary care models.